Gigabyte GA-Z370 AORUS Gaming 3

Performance Results


Gaming 83% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 78% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 94.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	82.7% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	170% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

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Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z370 AORUS Gaming 3 (all builds)
Memory	23.2 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180301
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Nov 16 '21 at 01:31
Run Duration	162 Seconds
Run User	ROU-User
Background CPU	25%

PC Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-8700K-$186 746,287 User benchmarks, average bench 88% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	94.2% Outstanding	Memory 95.7 1-Core 137 2-Core 263 93% 165 Pts	4-Core 499 8-Core 830 81% 665 Pts	64-Core 1,114 69% 1,114 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 94.2% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% Gigabyte(1458 36B6) CLim: 1544 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 496.49 Performing below potential (80^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	82.7% Excellent	Lighting 104 Reflection 119 Parallax 105 84% 109 fps	MRender 101 Gravity 103 Splatting 89.8 79% 97.9 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 82.7% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SA2000M8500G 500GB 87,883 User benchmarks, average bench 197% 225GB free (System drive) Firmware: S5Z42105 SusWrite @10s intervals: 786 559 558 548 555 550 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	170% Outstanding	Read 1,324 Write 1,279 Mixed 563 SusWrite 593 210% 940 MB/s	4K Read 32.6 4K Write 146 4K Mixed 54.9 197% 78 MB/s	DQ Read 327 DQ Write 582 DQ Mixed 319 280% 409 MB/s
Poor: 118% ↑ This bench: 170% Great: 277%
Kingston SSDNow UV400 240GB-$89 105,079 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 133GB free Firmware: 0C3J96R9 SusWrite @10s intervals: 326 139 107 89 88 92 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	88.1% Excellent	Read 490 Write 453 Mixed 353 SusWrite 140 80% 359 MB/s	4K Read 32.2 4K Write 94.6 4K Mixed 41.1 152% 56 MB/s	DQ Read 318 DQ Write 282 DQ Mixed 125 142% 241 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 88.1% Great: 88%
WD Purple Surveillance 2TB (2017)-$70 11,781 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 509GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 87 90 92 90 90 87 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	71.2% Very good	Read 159 Write 143 Mixed 66.4 SusWrite 89.3 84% 114 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.7 145% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 71.2% Great: 104%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GB 31,785 User benchmarks, average bench 94% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	MC Read 36.3 MC Write 40.1 MC Mixed 30 101% 35.5 GB/s	SC Read 22.3 SC Write 45.5 SC Mixed 30.9 94% 32.9 GB/s	Latency 55.1 73% 55.1 ns
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 119%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

SkillBench Score 47: 6R 4G 5B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
47%	18%	84	281	202	165	27"	1920 1080	AUS2703 ASUS VG279Q1A

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Desktop 96%

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Workstation 86%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z370 AORUS Gaming 3

CPU
Core i7-8700KIntel $186Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	626x
Core i5-8600KIntel $173Bench 91%, 264,837 samples	310x
Core i7-8700Intel $200Bench 87%, 349,567 samples	221x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	147x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	139x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	119x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $92Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	63x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	51x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	42x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	72x
Aegis DDR4 3000 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $38Bench 82%, 163,634 samples	28x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $36Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	26x

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Value: 84% - Excellent

Total price: $721

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $178	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16